Maggie Morgan

Directing

Maggie Morgan

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Maggie Morgan is an Egyptian filmmaker, writer and teacher. Her first feature film, Asham, did a wide festival tour and was released in Egyptian cinemas in June 2013. The film received prizes for Best Director and Best Editor in the Malmo Arab Film Festival in Sweden 2013, the Special Jury Mention at the Festival International des Films D'Orient in Geneva, among others. She directed her first documentary, The Picture in 2002 and it was shown on various Arab television channels. In 2006, she wrote and directed a medium length fiction, Minhom Feehom From Within: Her Stories, which was released in March 2007. In 2017, she wrote and directed two short films, February 14 and A Live Match on Skyp…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

From Meir, to Meir poster
5.8

The filmmaker goes to discover Meir the village where her great-grandparents were born, the place her grandparents left, but continued to love. When she goes, she discovers a village that people are trying to leave.

From Meir, to Meir

2021

From Meir, to Meir poster
5.8

The filmmaker goes to discover Meir the village where her great-grandparents were born, the place her grandparents left, but continued to love. When she goes, she discovers a village that people are trying to leave.

From Meir, to Meir

2021

From Meir, to Meir poster
5.8

The filmmaker goes to discover Meir the village where her great-grandparents were born, the place her grandparents left, but continued to love. When she goes, she discovers a village that people are trying to leave.

From Meir, to Meir

2021

Asham poster
6.0

Set against the backdrop of the unrest during the pre-revolution period of January 25, 2011, by following the stories of six relationships in different stages that express ambition, happiness and disappointments, that are connected with Asham , a street vendor, who expresses optimism about Egypt's future.

Asham

2012

Asham poster
6.0

Set against the backdrop of the unrest during the pre-revolution period of January 25, 2011, by following the stories of six relationships in different stages that express ambition, happiness and disappointments, that are connected with Asham , a street vendor, who expresses optimism about Egypt's future.

Asham

2012

Private poster
NR

During a private mathematics lesson, an ordinary class takes an unexpected turn.

Private

2023

The Memories of M. A. Draz poster
NR

Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her great-grandfather, the Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Through this archive, she embarks on a journey to illuminate M.A. Draz’s life story, from his humble beginnings in the village of Mahallat Diyay, to his formative years in Alexandria, and his scholarly pursuits in Paris.

The Memories of M. A. Draz

2024

The Memories of M. A. Draz poster
NR

Decades after his death, Noha ElKholy uncovers letters, diaries, and photographs left behind by her great-grandfather, the Azharite scholar Mohamed Abdallah Draz. Through this archive, she embarks on a journey to illuminate M.A. Draz’s life story, from his humble beginnings in the village of Mahallat Diyay, to his formative years in Alexandria, and his scholarly pursuits in Paris.

The Memories of M. A. Draz

2024

The Skylight poster
NR

A short film starring Mohamed Khan & Amina Khalil

The Skylight

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